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Giant Zittau Onion 



and very often at the other end ; inner coats of a bright yellow 



colour, outer ones of a slightly coppery hue ; neck narrow ; leaves 



numerous,butslender, 

 and dark green; flesh 

 tender, sweet, and of 

 an agreeable mild 

 flavour. This is a 

 half-late variety, of 

 remarkably good 

 quality, but rather 

 difficult to keep, and 

 answers equally well 

 for sowing in spring 

 or in autumn. It was 

 raised in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Tarbes 

 (Hautes- Pyrenees). 

 Giant Zittau 



Onion. Buib large, flattish, 4 to nearly 5 in. in diameter, and a 



little over 2 in. thick ; outer skin very smooth and almost silky, of 



a pale salmon-colour, forming the connecting link between the 



yellow-skinned and the pale red-skinned varieties ; leaves pretty 



numerous, of a light, slightly yellow, green ; neck fine, as is also 



the disc, or part from 



which the roots issue. 



This is a fine mid-season 



variety, and is most pro- 

 ductive and keeps very 



well. It does best in 



light, well-drained, but at 



the same time rich and 



well-manured soil. 



Giant Spanish, or 



Spanish King, Onion. 



A large, almost round, 



light straw-coloured bulb, 



tender and with very thin 



coats, and about the size 



of an orange. From the 



South of France and 



Algiers it is exported in 



large quantities to Great 



Britain. 



The well-known and 



much-prized American Onion known as the Prizetakeris so like the 



Giant Spanish Onion that the two may be considered as identical. 



Giant Spanish, or Spanish King, Onion, 



